'Polished' definitions:
Definition of 'polished'
From: WordNet
adjective
Perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" [ant: unpolished]
adjective
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: polished, refined, svelte, urbane]
adjective
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: milled, polished]
adjective
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: dressed, polished]
Definition of 'Polished'
From: GCIDE
- Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish]
- 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Polished'
From: GCIDE
- Polished \Pol"ished\, a. Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'polished'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplished,
- adept,
- advanced,
- ameliorated,
- archetypical,
- Attic,
- beautified,
- bettered,
- buffed,
- burnished,
- chaste,
- Ciceronian,
- civilized,
- classic,
- clear,
- complete,
- consummate,
- converted,
- courtly,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- debonair,
- delicate,
- developed,
- direct,
- discriminating,
- distingue,
- easy,
- educated,
- elegant,
- embellished,
- enhanced,
- enriched,
- excellent,
- exemplary,
- exhaustive,
- expert,
- fastidious,
- faultless,
- fine,
- finished,
- flawless,
- fully developed,
- fully realized,
- furbished,
- genteel,
- gentle,
- gentlemanlike,
- gentlemanly,
- gifted,
- glace,
- glassy,
- glazed,
- gleaming,
- glistening,
- glossy,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- highbred,
- impeccable,
- improved,
- lacquered,
- ladylike,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- lustrous,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mature,
- matured,
- model,
- natural,
- neat,
- nice,
- outstanding,
- pellucid,
- perfect,
- perfected,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- polite,
- proficient,
- pure,
- quintessential,
- refined,
- reformed,
- restrained,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- round,
- rubbed,
- satiny,
- sheeny,
- shellacked,
- shined,
- shining,
- shiny,
- silken,
- silky,
- simple,
- sleek,
- slick,
- smarmy,
- soignee,
- sophisticated,
- straightforward,
- subtle,
- superb,
- superior,
- superlative,
- tasteful,
- terse,
- thorough,
- transfigured,
- transformed,
- trim,
- unaffected,
- unlabored,
- urbane,
- varnished,
- velvety,
- virtuoso,
- well-bred,
- well-brought-up,
- well-mannered
Words containing 'Polished'
- Polish,
- Polishable,
- Polisher,
- Polishing,
- Polishment,
- To polish off,
- polish off,
- polish up,
- French polish,
- Polish draughts,
- Polish plait,
- Polishing iron,
- Polishing slate,
- Polishing snake,
- Polishing wheel,
- apple polisher,
- apple polishing,
- nail polish,
- polish notation,
- polished rice,
- shoe polish,
- spit and polish,
- french polish shellac,
- polish monetary unit,
- reverse polish notation